NASM STRETCHING AND FLEXIBILITY TEST PAPER 2025
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Which fascial net may cause a restriction in ROM during an overhead triceps
extension? - ✔✔Deep front net
✔✔How many repetitions of an active stretch should be completed by the client? - ✔✔5
to 10
✔✔Which of the following best helps maintain fascial elasticity? - ✔✔Stretching
✔✔What is the best way to establish trust in any relationship? - ✔✔Open
communication.
✔✔Which of the following receptors causes autogenic inhibition in skeletal muscles as a
result of tensed collagen? - ✔✔Golgi tendon organs
✔✔What is a potential result of being dehydrated? - ✔✔Tissues may be less receptive
to stretching and unable to glide appropriately.
✔✔Why does the fitness professional and client develop a close relationship during
stretching sessions? - ✔✔Personal hands-on contact
✔✔Which of the following explains why there are many varying types of manual and
movement therapies to address fascial dysfunctions? - ✔✔Fascia is vulnerable to many
types of dysfunction because it is widespread and has an integrative function.
✔✔What biophysical properties does ground substance provide to fascial tissue? -
✔✔Viscosity and plasticity
✔✔What is one of the best ways a fitness professional can create a referral network
while promoting their business and services offered? - ✔✔Invite the prospect to receive
a free assisted stretching session.
✔✔What is the position of the client during the standing rhomboids stretch? -
✔✔Standing, feet hip-width apart and bent through the knee.
✔✔How can the fitness professional ensure they are up-to-date on all legal changes
regarding licensing laws? - ✔✔Consult with an attorney
✔✔What concept is described as the collection of parts that work together to create
movement patterns? - ✔✔Biomechanical model
,✔✔Which of the following ways can the fitness professional avoid potentially harmful or
hurtful conversations? - ✔✔Taking the time to think before speaking.
✔✔When should the client exhale when performing any stretch? - ✔✔On the stretch.
✔✔How does the stretch reflex prevent injury? - ✔✔Mechanoreceptors detect quick and
powerful changes in tissue length and cause a contraction in the muscle.
✔✔How does stress cause a dysfunction in the human movement system (HMS)? -
✔✔The correct answer is: Stress causes an upregulation of the CNS that can negatively
impact functional mobility and flexibility.
✔✔Which of the following may be included in an individualized integrated stretching
program? - ✔✔Self-myofascial techniques, specific corrective stretches, dynamic
stretches for warm-ups and recovery stretches for cool downs.
✔✔Which of the following is the first definition of fascia according to the Fascial
Research Society? - ✔✔A fascia is a sheath, a sheet, or any other dissectible
aggregations of connective tissue that forms beneath the skin to attach, enclose, and
separate muscles and other internal organs.
✔✔Which of the following best defines professionalism? - ✔✔The actions and behaviors
that characterize a person as professional.
✔✔What happens when a mechanical load is released? - ✔✔An influx of fresh fluids
enters to flush out metabolic waste, rehydrate, and bring fresh nutrients to the area.
✔✔What should the fitness professional do if a client displays symptoms of a medical
condition during an assessment? - ✔✔Refer out to the appropriately licensed
professional.
✔✔Which of the following fascial net dysfunctions may be found by a shift in the spiral
net (SN)? - ✔✔Right rotation of the trunk
✔✔Which of the following terms defines organizationally established professional
guidelines for practitioner behavior? - ✔✔Code of Ethics
✔✔Why is pain during assisted stretching not only unnecessary but can even be
detrimental? - ✔✔The correct answer is: It could disrupt trust between client and SFC.
✔✔What should be the primary focus of the fitness professional during each assisted
stretching session? - ✔✔Client-centric
, ✔✔What is often the missing link in a fitness program? - ✔✔Regular flexibility training
✔✔What is one way in which the fitness professional can observe and maintain the
physical boundaries of a client during a stretching session? - ✔✔Reading body
language.
✔✔Which of the following terms explains how direct pressure from rolling influences the
viscoelastic properties of the myofascia? - ✔✔Local mechanical effect
✔✔Why should a client be careful not to hold their breath during a stretch? - ✔✔It can
activate the stretch reflex.
✔✔Who should receive a detailed description of assisted-stretching before performing
stretching sessions on clients? - ✔✔The organization manager or facility director.
✔✔Which hormone is reduced, in tandem with stress levels, when mindfulness-based
stretching and breathing exercises are incorporated during stretching sessions? -
✔✔Cortisol
✔✔Which fascial net dysfunction may cause hip hiking? - ✔✔Lateral net
✔✔Which mechanical properties work with the fascial system to mediate forces that the
body encounters in life? - ✔✔Tension and compression
✔✔Which essential mechanical property of fascia diminishes with insufficient hydration?
- ✔✔Glide
✔✔What is the difference between static stretching technique and active (isolated)
stretching techniques? - ✔✔Active stretching uses contractions followed by relaxation.
✔✔What types of movement should be used to engage the sympathetic nervous
system? - ✔✔Quick and strong movements
✔✔Why is myofascial movement restriction common in the Superficial Front Net (SFN)?
- ✔✔Many people spend the majority of their day in flexion, such as sitting.
✔✔Which of the following is recommended that the fitness professional do in addition to
gaining consent from a client? - ✔✔Formally documenting all sessions in writing.
✔✔Which of the following describes the process of internal stimuli relaying information
throughout the body about visceral and metabolic processes? - ✔✔Interoception
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Which fascial net may cause a restriction in ROM during an overhead triceps
extension? - ✔✔Deep front net
✔✔How many repetitions of an active stretch should be completed by the client? - ✔✔5
to 10
✔✔Which of the following best helps maintain fascial elasticity? - ✔✔Stretching
✔✔What is the best way to establish trust in any relationship? - ✔✔Open
communication.
✔✔Which of the following receptors causes autogenic inhibition in skeletal muscles as a
result of tensed collagen? - ✔✔Golgi tendon organs
✔✔What is a potential result of being dehydrated? - ✔✔Tissues may be less receptive
to stretching and unable to glide appropriately.
✔✔Why does the fitness professional and client develop a close relationship during
stretching sessions? - ✔✔Personal hands-on contact
✔✔Which of the following explains why there are many varying types of manual and
movement therapies to address fascial dysfunctions? - ✔✔Fascia is vulnerable to many
types of dysfunction because it is widespread and has an integrative function.
✔✔What biophysical properties does ground substance provide to fascial tissue? -
✔✔Viscosity and plasticity
✔✔What is one of the best ways a fitness professional can create a referral network
while promoting their business and services offered? - ✔✔Invite the prospect to receive
a free assisted stretching session.
✔✔What is the position of the client during the standing rhomboids stretch? -
✔✔Standing, feet hip-width apart and bent through the knee.
✔✔How can the fitness professional ensure they are up-to-date on all legal changes
regarding licensing laws? - ✔✔Consult with an attorney
✔✔What concept is described as the collection of parts that work together to create
movement patterns? - ✔✔Biomechanical model
,✔✔Which of the following ways can the fitness professional avoid potentially harmful or
hurtful conversations? - ✔✔Taking the time to think before speaking.
✔✔When should the client exhale when performing any stretch? - ✔✔On the stretch.
✔✔How does the stretch reflex prevent injury? - ✔✔Mechanoreceptors detect quick and
powerful changes in tissue length and cause a contraction in the muscle.
✔✔How does stress cause a dysfunction in the human movement system (HMS)? -
✔✔The correct answer is: Stress causes an upregulation of the CNS that can negatively
impact functional mobility and flexibility.
✔✔Which of the following may be included in an individualized integrated stretching
program? - ✔✔Self-myofascial techniques, specific corrective stretches, dynamic
stretches for warm-ups and recovery stretches for cool downs.
✔✔Which of the following is the first definition of fascia according to the Fascial
Research Society? - ✔✔A fascia is a sheath, a sheet, or any other dissectible
aggregations of connective tissue that forms beneath the skin to attach, enclose, and
separate muscles and other internal organs.
✔✔Which of the following best defines professionalism? - ✔✔The actions and behaviors
that characterize a person as professional.
✔✔What happens when a mechanical load is released? - ✔✔An influx of fresh fluids
enters to flush out metabolic waste, rehydrate, and bring fresh nutrients to the area.
✔✔What should the fitness professional do if a client displays symptoms of a medical
condition during an assessment? - ✔✔Refer out to the appropriately licensed
professional.
✔✔Which of the following fascial net dysfunctions may be found by a shift in the spiral
net (SN)? - ✔✔Right rotation of the trunk
✔✔Which of the following terms defines organizationally established professional
guidelines for practitioner behavior? - ✔✔Code of Ethics
✔✔Why is pain during assisted stretching not only unnecessary but can even be
detrimental? - ✔✔The correct answer is: It could disrupt trust between client and SFC.
✔✔What should be the primary focus of the fitness professional during each assisted
stretching session? - ✔✔Client-centric
, ✔✔What is often the missing link in a fitness program? - ✔✔Regular flexibility training
✔✔What is one way in which the fitness professional can observe and maintain the
physical boundaries of a client during a stretching session? - ✔✔Reading body
language.
✔✔Which of the following terms explains how direct pressure from rolling influences the
viscoelastic properties of the myofascia? - ✔✔Local mechanical effect
✔✔Why should a client be careful not to hold their breath during a stretch? - ✔✔It can
activate the stretch reflex.
✔✔Who should receive a detailed description of assisted-stretching before performing
stretching sessions on clients? - ✔✔The organization manager or facility director.
✔✔Which hormone is reduced, in tandem with stress levels, when mindfulness-based
stretching and breathing exercises are incorporated during stretching sessions? -
✔✔Cortisol
✔✔Which fascial net dysfunction may cause hip hiking? - ✔✔Lateral net
✔✔Which mechanical properties work with the fascial system to mediate forces that the
body encounters in life? - ✔✔Tension and compression
✔✔Which essential mechanical property of fascia diminishes with insufficient hydration?
- ✔✔Glide
✔✔What is the difference between static stretching technique and active (isolated)
stretching techniques? - ✔✔Active stretching uses contractions followed by relaxation.
✔✔What types of movement should be used to engage the sympathetic nervous
system? - ✔✔Quick and strong movements
✔✔Why is myofascial movement restriction common in the Superficial Front Net (SFN)?
- ✔✔Many people spend the majority of their day in flexion, such as sitting.
✔✔Which of the following is recommended that the fitness professional do in addition to
gaining consent from a client? - ✔✔Formally documenting all sessions in writing.
✔✔Which of the following describes the process of internal stimuli relaying information
throughout the body about visceral and metabolic processes? - ✔✔Interoception
